Andee

About Andee

Director of Happiness. I'm a thirty-something soap snob. I've grown up with handmade soaps, and I love them! I really like making lotions, soaps, and perfumes. I adore mixing scents to come up with something new. My favorite scent is either Wicked or Cotton Candy. I tend to hoard fragrances, I even have an Earl Grey Tea from the MMS catalog. I won't tell you how old it is, but it sure is good!

Recently at a late dim sum luncheon in Guangzhou, one of the dishes was a dumpling with a rice wrapper and vegetables inside. After taking a bite, I found that the dumpling had some herbs in it that tasted soapy to me. In the discussion that followed, we couldn’t decide […]

Flavors, Scents and Memories

June 19, 2012 in Travels with The Sage by Andee

I’ve been trying to sort out all the information I learned at the HSMG 2012 Conference and I’m finally able to get my thoughts in order. I found this year’s conference to be informative and fun as the previous conferences I’ve attended. Thanks to Jerry, I’m able to provide notes […]

HSMG 2012 Conference in Portland, Day One

May 23, 2012 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Remember the Sea Glass Inspired Soap Challenge? Friday was the deadline for entries to be submitted and today I’ll start sharing the entries for this challenge. Today’s guest post is from Judy. She had a perspective on sea glass soap that I hadn’t considered and I found myself loving her […]

Sea Glass Inspired Soap Challenge: Judy’s Sea Glass Soap

May 21, 2012 in Challenges and Q&A / Cold Process Soap / Soap by Andee

Summer is just around the corner. If you are like me, you have already received your first sunburns and bee stings all in one week. OUCH! I’ve been treating my painful sunburns with Bactine and my even more painful bee stings with Benadryl Itch Stopping Cream, but both of those […]

Soothing Oatmeal Tea Bags

May 18, 2012 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Recently, I was in San Francisco with my husband for a brief trip while we spent a few days sightseeing with his parents before they headed home. Our first day there, we visited several beaches while on our way to Half Moon Bay. Since I’m an inland girl by birth, […]

Sea Glass Inspired Soap Challenge

May 4, 2012 in Challenges and Q&A / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

We all know that moms work hard. Some of you may may be moms and yet others are just grateful for the support our moms give us. In honor of the rapidly approaching Mother’s Day, I would like to challenge our readers to share ways that they relax. Then we […]

Mother’s Day Is Coming Up!

May 3, 2012 in Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I’m pleased to announce that we have chosen our winners to attend the HSMG 2012 Conference in Portland, Oregon! We received many great entries and while we wish everyone could go, we picked these winners based on the fact that we feel they will find the conference to be very […]

HSMG Scholarship Winners!

May 2, 2012 in Drawings and Contests / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

It is rapidly approaching that time of year for the HSMG Annual Conference. I’m excited to announce that Taylor and I will be attending the conference this year! We have had a few changes and we have discovered that we have two extra tickets to the conference. So… we have […]

HSMG Conference Ticket Scholarship

April 23, 2012 in Drawings and Contests / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Argan Oil is one of those luxury oils used in skin and hair care around the world. Recently I had been helping a customer with their questions about Argan Oil and I realized that if one person had questions, many people probably also had similar questions! What is the big […]

Ingredient Spotlight: Argan Oil

April 11, 2012 in Product Assistance / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

If you tried to order the 100 pack of Mini Lip Balm Tubes earlier today and were alarmed about the shipping, you were right. Our web person is currently fighting pneumonia and released these tubes while under the influence of cough syrup and decongestants. Instead of typing in the correct […]

Mini Lip Balm Tubes Whoops!

March 15, 2012 in Product Assistance / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

Thoughts and ideas from the world of Majestic Mountain Sage.